Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained

Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by sneak on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @06:45AM (#22116687)

We do not have to cooperate with law enforcement. Encryption is still legal, even if law enforcement would prefer service providers not ever use it.

We have to comply with court orders. That’s it.

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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by VvR-Ox on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:16AM (#22126307)

Please tell me why do organizations use canaries[0] then to tell people they where not forced to cooperate?

The funny thing is that I just read a bit of the linked Wikipedia article to find this: Companies and organizations who no longer have warrant canaries

  The following is a list of companies and organizations whose warrant canaries no longer appear in transparency reports:
  * Apple
  * Reddit
  * Silent Circle

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary

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